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eke out catches of the more plentiful species. Even the ' Other fishes ' here include species that could be 

 utilized, e.g. herring and Macrurids. However, it cannot be said that the trawling prospects were at all 

 encouraging, taking the southern region as a whole. The proportion of rubbish that came up in the 

 trawl was nearly as great as in the intermediate region, and prevalence of foul ground leads to much 

 time lost in mending nets, apart from loss of gear through occasional serious damage. Of this our 

 field workers had bitter experience. 



Table 41. Analysts of abstracted weight data, intermediate region 



Hauls considered: WS773, 774, 775, 776, 784, 78SA, 785B, 785C, 786, 794, 795, 796A, 796B (4 hr.), 797B, 797C 

 (4 hr.), 798, 799A, 799B (4 hr.), 800 A, 800B (4 hr.), 801, 807, 808, 809A, 809B (4 hr.), 810, 857, 862, 864. 



* Calculated from fifteen weighings out of sixteen hauls containing Lithodes. 



f Calculated from fifteen weighings out of twenty-seven hauls containing squids. 



X Calculated from twenty-eight weighings out of twenty-nine hauls containing rubbish. 



Table 42. Analysis of abstracted weight data, southern region 



Hauls considered: WS802A, 802B, 803, 804A, 804B, 805, 806, 811 1, 811 II (4 hr.), 812I, 812II (4 hr.), 813, 814, 

 !i5, 816, 817A, 817B (4hr.), 818A, 818B (4hr.), 819A, 819B (4 hr.), 820, 824, 825, 833, 834, 838, 839, 847 A, 847B 



* Calculated from twenty weighings out of the twenty-one hauls in which Lithodes was taken. 

 ■f Calculated from seventeen weighings out of the twenty-one hauls in which squids were taken, 

 j Calculated from thirty-eight weighings out of the forty hauls. 



